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December 24, 2007 (PLANPSPONSOR.com) - A British study found that employer tactics to extract more effort and higher performance from workers not only stresses them, but can have...

December 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ruling that a crack dealer "exchanged labor for pay on a sustained basis," the Ohio Supreme Court affirmed termination of his permanent and...

December 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the federal Thrift Savings Plan's Employee Thrift Advisory Council are divided as to whether a new plan to restrict the number...

December 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - By the narrowest of margins, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that employers can restrict the use of company email for...

December 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A Louisville, Kentucky, firm has come to terms with the nation's private pension insurer regarding its pension obligations - but at a figure...

December 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The National Association of Government Defined Contribution Administrators, Inc. (NAGDCA) has partnered with the Treasury and the Financial Literacy and Education Commission to...

December 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Trust and Investment Group at Alpine Bank in Rockford, Illinois, has complimented the target retirement fund offerings in their 401(k) platform with...

December 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The board of the city of San Diego City Employees' Retirement System (SDCERS) has adopted a 14-point plan negotiated with the Internal Revenue...

December 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. lawyers are on track to bring about 58% more shareholder class action cases this year, Reuters reports.

December 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With concerns about a deepening global credit crisis unabated, major U.S. financial institutions are increasingly turning to sovereign wealth funds for capital infusions.

December 24, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - FedEx Corp. reported last week that the Internal Revenue Service thinks some 13,000 owner-operators at the package delivery firm have been misclassified as...

December 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Vanguard has launched three new index funds which seek to track the MSCI US Large Cap 300 Index, MSCI US Large Cap Growth...

December 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U. S. lawmakers have approved legislation that extends the existing mental health parity law until the end of 2008.

December 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed with a lower court ruling that a former Tyson Foods employee was not entitled...

December 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median value of total retirement benefits of Fortune 500 CEOs in 2006 was only about half that of their outstanding options awards,...

December 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data indicates that the Saver's Credit was claimed on about 5.3 million tax returns - 4% of all tax...

December 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ford Motor Co., two related companies, and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union have agreed on a settlement of a race discrimination lawsuit...

December 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While the majority of U.S. teens surveyed said they are prepared to make ethical decisions when they enter the workforce, other findings of...

December (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center has issued a Discussion Paper that argues a universal pension system could increase income replacement rates for U.S. retirees.

December 21, 2007 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. (MMC) has announced it will replace embattled CEO Michael Cherkasky and is evaluating strategies to boost shareholder value.